{"podcast":{"title":"Stories Philippines Podcast - Pinoy Horror Stories","slug":"stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories-466906","podcast_index_feed_id":466906,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6886028/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories--6886028","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/90fee3bc126898a08e0c3605737c6dc5.jpg","author":"HustleStudios Podcast Network","episode_count":77,"summary":"Stories Philippines Podcast is the original, the first, and the longest-running Filipino horror podcast—an enduring journey into the darkest corners of the Philippine archipelago. Since 2005, the podcast has explored the stories that linger in old houses, remote provinces, forgotten roads, crowded cities, and places where history refuses to stay buried. From terrifying encounters with ghosts, aswang, engkanto, kapre, manananggal, and other creatures of Filipino folklore to chilling listener experiences, urban legends, unexplained disappearances, haunted locations, and disturbing mysteries, every episode invites you to step closer to the unknown. These are not simply stories about monsters hiding in the dark. They are stories about belief, memory, grief, fear, and the ancient traditions that continue to shape how Filipinos understand the supernatural. Some tales have been passed down through generations. Others come from ordinary people who experienced something they still cannot explain. Stories Philippines Podcast brings together Filipino folklore, true paranormal encounters, regional legends, historical mysteries, and original horror storytelling in one immersive experience. Eac…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:20:36.909024+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories-466906"},"episode":{"title":"EPISODE 3119: Child Spirits In Familiar Rooms","slug":"episode-3119-child-spirits-in-familiar-rooms","published_at":"2026-04-08T13:40:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories-466906/episode-3119-child-spirits-in-familiar-rooms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-philippines-podcast-pinoy-horror-stories-466906","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3119-child-spirits-in-familiar-rooms--71183608","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71183608/s89_e06_final.mp3","summary":"Child Spirits In Familiar Rooms Stories Philippines Season 89, Episode 6 There is a particular kind of fear reserved for the familiar room. Not the abandoned church at the far end of town. Not the ruined mansion behind rusted gates. The deepest fear often begins at home. It begins in the bedroom where you learned to sleep. In the attic above the ceiling where heat gathers through the afternoon. In the hallway that glows just enough from a weak night bulb to make every doorway feel occupied. This is what Season 89 of Stories Philippines is about. In this episode, Mr. Nightmare walks through houses where children and the unseen form attachments that the walls themselves seem to encourage. Drawing from real stories submitted by listeners across the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora, this episode traces the arc of child-centered haunting from invisible companions who begin to negotiate, to overhead spaces where something old watches from above, to neighboring houses where a child's nighttime circling suggests a relationship to the architecture that adults do not share. We examine why children occupy such a central place in Philippine haunting traditions. In many communities, a child is considered more visible to spirits because innocence is not yet armored by disbelief. A child's attention is soft, and therefore permeable. But beneath that folk explanation lies a deeper truth — children represent the future a family expected to have, and when that future is interrupted, the house keeps the shape of what was supposed to happen there. From a grandmother's house where a sleeping platform and ceiling gap created the perfect conditions for a three-in-the-morning watcher, to a provincial home where a child who would not stop circling eventually crossed into a witness's room,…","meta_description":"Child Spirits In Familiar Rooms Stories Philippines Season 89, Episode 6 There is a particular kind of fear reserved for the familiar room. 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